Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Don't say anything. What's the point in this situation? We have to stay back and save everyone's lives.

Originally, Gu Siwei thought that the food in the fields would be almost enough in a short time, but now it cannot be almost the same. The rice can be almost the same, and the sweet potatoes and potatoes cannot be the same.

If it's really similar, people will really starve to death.

After returning home by boat, Gu Siwei told Sicui what he saw. Sicui burst into tears. This child knew what it was like to be hungry, so he naturally agreed with Gu Siwei's decision.

The brother and sister really don't have much to eat, and in this era, if you have money, you can't really spend it, because if you have money, you need to have tickets. Money is almost useless, and your status is far inferior to tickets.

Gu Siwei was still a little treacherous and planned to save the villagers' crops, but before saving, he first told Liu Fulin about his plans to give the food from his own land to the village.

Given the importance of this matter, it was impossible for Liu Fulin not to tell others about it. Now the whole village would definitely know about it in less than a day.

With the two pieces of land owned by Liu Fulin's family and the piece of land owned by Gu Siwei's family, the people in the whole village can't say that they have enough to eat, but it is entirely possible to last until the autumn harvest.

Suddenly, Gu Siwei naturally became the hope of the whole village. He revamped his character and his image in the village instantly became taller.

Today's villagers have not developed some bad habits and do not think that as long as it belongs to others, everything given by others is taken for granted. Therefore, Gu Siwei's prestige in the village has been established unknowingly.

Although this matter was done a bit greedy for power and profit, Lao Gu also spent real money and did not talk empty words.

The rain was still falling, although it was a little lighter than the previous days, but it still continued to drizzle, which made everyone unable to cheer up.

It's time for the rain to stop. After nearly eight days of rain, it finally stopped. Finally, on the afternoon of the ninth day, the long-lost sun once again shone on the earth and mountains, and the originally moist air touched people's bodies. The sticky feeling disappeared along with the drizzle, and the temperature suddenly jumped up, from the early 20s to the 30s.

"It is bright!"

Sicui looked at the sun outside happily and shouted to Gu Siwei.

"I know, I saw it." Gu Siwei smiled and put up the awning with his hands, looking at the bright world outside, feeling indescribable joy in his heart.

Sicui turned around happily and said while trotting: "I have to take out the clothes to dry them. It has rained for so many days. If I don't dry them, the clothes will become moldy...".

Thump thump thump!

The little girl ran in and took out all the clothes of the brother and sister in a short while.

It's not that Sicui is strong, but that the brother and sister don't have many clothes. Sicui only has four or five clothes in total, and one is on the body. Gu Siwei's situation is even simpler, with a total of three clothes. Originally, The clothes in this world have been worn out for a long time, and now I have the same clothes, plus the cotton clothes Wu Meiling helped make, and a change of clothes, which is all Lao Gu's clothes.

Oh, by the way, there are also two white vests bought from the store, that's all.

Sicui took out the clothes and put them directly on the shoe changing cabinet next to the corridor shelf. Then she ran back to get a towel and wiped the water-stained handrail of the corridor shelf again and again. After touching it, she found that there was no water. Then I spread all the clothes on the armrest.

"Brother, should we still build a raft?"

Sicui thought about the traffic problem from home, so she opened her mouth and asked her brother.

Gu Siwei put down his hand, thought for a moment and replied: "It's better not to do it. Uncle Fulin said yesterday that everyone will try their best to build a boat for us. If we can endure it for another seven or eight days, the boat will be built and the raft will be built." How many days will it take?”

"Yeah, that's right." Sicui nodded.

Gu Siwei thought that the little girl was asking this question today because she wanted to do something, so he asked: "What do you need to use the raft for?"

Sicui said: "Yesterday, my sister invited me to pick wild vegetables the day after tomorrow. I really want to go. If you don't go out the day after tomorrow, I will have to ask Grandpa Fulin to pick me up alone. I don't know if the grass flowers and cubes will Will listen to Grandpa Fulin's call."

Meihua is the name of a little girl. Meihua’s surname is Luan. Gu Siwei really doesn’t know what her first name is. She only knows that her nickname is Meihua. As for why she is called this nickname, Gu Siwei suggests that if anyone is interested, ask her. Damn it, he has no such curiosity.

As for digging wild vegetables, it is now the main occupation of women in the entire village. It doesn't matter if it rains or not at this time. The crops are destroyed. In order to survive, you have to find something to eat.

In this way, various wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains naturally become the objects of attention of women.

Although Gu Siwei said that the food in his own land can be distributed to everyone to support everyone in getting through the difficulties, the crops are still growing in the fields. The villagers are neither stupid nor lazy. Who would lie down at home and wait for Gu Siwei's peace? Did the food from Liu Fulin and Guo Shengshou’s fields come down?

To put it bluntly, if another disaster occurs and the three families are destroyed, what will the whole village do? Do they really run away collectively to beg for food?

The key point is, where can you go to beg for food now? Where is there no shortage of food?

Although the villagers did not know that there is an idiom called to prepare for a rainy day, they still knew the simplest truth, so the villagers began to ask the mountains for hope of survival, and all those who could go up the mountains to collect things did so.

When it rains, it is impossible to go hunting. Only when the rain stops and the roads are dry can the hunting men go into the mountains. Therefore, many men now follow the women and children to dig wild vegetables and pull out the edible stems. leaf.

In short, except for the brother and sister Gu Siwei, there was almost no one idle in the village.

Strictly speaking, among the siblings, Gu Siwei is the only one who is idle. Sicui does not see life in his eyes, and he will do anything for him, otherwise the girl seems to feel uncomfortable.

This is really cheap. Gu Siwei originally thought about how to clean the house when he built it, but now Sicui does most of the cleaning work.

"Why are you picking wild vegetables?" Gu Siwei asked.

Sicui replied: "Eat, wild vegetables are the most delicious at this time. Even if you can't eat them, they can be made into dried vegetables. In winter, take them out and soak them in water. They are especially delicious. Brother, have you ever eaten dried vegetables?" Wild vegetables, right? You will know when I pick them back. There are many wild vegetables that are much more delicious than those in our vegetable garden."

Seeing what Sicui said was serious, Gu Siwei smiled and said: "Who said I haven't eaten wild vegetables? I have eaten shepherd's purse and malantou."

"Is this considered a wild vegetable?"

Sicui curled her lips. In Sicui's eyes, what kind of wild vegetables were these? Can the things growing on the slope in front of her house be considered wild vegetables?

"Hey, isn't this considered a wild vegetable?" Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Sicui nodded and said: "Of course we can't forget it. The wild vegetables I'm talking about are fucai, yangzi, and three-flowered cauliflower...".

Seven or eight kinds were mentioned in succession, but Gu Siwei had never heard of any of them. Of course, Gu Siwei might have known about them, but what Sicui mentioned was a local name, not the true scientific name of the wild vegetables.

"It's quite a lot," Gu Siwei said.

Sicui went on to talk about her family's treasures: "The fried cabbage is delicious. It would be better if you can add some meat oil. The roasted fish with Shanyangzi is the most delicious. The three-flowered cauliflower can be used to make dumplings."

Looking at Sicui's appearance, Gu Siwei's heart was filled with joy, and he thought to himself: Only such a person can be considered a child. The Sicui before was just alive, not life.

Sicui didn't notice her brother's expression. She was talking endlessly about wild vegetables, and sometimes she got so greedy that she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Gu Siwei listened happily without interrupting the little girl.

At the end of the story, Sicui felt a little embarrassed, wiped her mouth and said, "Brother, I'm so greedy, I wish I could dig it out earlier."

"Why, if you want to dig, go ahead and dig. Don't we all go up the mountain every day?" Gu Siwei asked.

Sicui said: "I still have something to do."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Gu Siwei was a little stunned and thought to himself: What's the matter with you little girls?

Sicui said: "I haven't ordered the loofahs in the vegetable garden yet. I just got the loofah seeds from Aunt Sun's house at the entrance of the village. It will be too late if I don't plant them."

"It's too late to get menstruation now, what's the point of being later?" Gu Siwei couldn't help but be happy when he heard this.

Now Gu Siwei is no longer the Gu Siwei he was a few decades later. He knows many seasonal vegetables, such as loofah. Seedlings are raised here in March and April. They are planted in April and May and can be eaten from mid-June to late June. The first batch of new loofahs are on the way.

If you calculate it this way, you are at least half a month late.

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei asked: "Why didn't you plant the seedlings immediately after you brought them?"

Sicui said: "Da Mao was so drunk yesterday. I didn't come here in a hurry."

“How many do you want to plant?”

Gu Siwei found it strange how long it took to grow loofahs. Wouldn't it be over in just ten minutes or so?

Sicui said: "There are quite a few."

So Gu Siwei said: "Take me to see it."

Finally, when he arrived at Zi Xiao's house, Gu Siwei saw the loofah seedlings that Sicui had talked about a lot.

"You...do you have any grudge against Luffa?"

Gu Siwei looked at about a hundred seedlings and didn't know what to say for a moment. He thought to himself: I am a good sister. We are just brother and sister. What are you doing with so many loofahs? If we plant them all, the two of us will do it. Even if I eat it every day, I won’t be able to finish it all.

"Are you going to eat all loofah all summer?" Gu Siwei scratched his head, looking helpless.

Sicui said: "Not only for eating, the pulp left after the old loofah is dried can also be used to clean pots and bathe. It has many uses."

"Then we can't plant so many. Just plant a dozen or so. There are only two of us, not twenty," Gu Siwei said.

Sicui said unwillingly: "But it would be a waste not to plant anything on so much land."

I see!

The little girl probably kept the space empty for a long time and wanted to plant things as long as there was an open space. In this regard, she was really more like a person from Shimo Village than Gu Siwei.

No land in sight! As soon as I saw the two eyes, they glowed red, and I had to go up to the whole thing.

"Go ahead. By the way, have you written down all the words and memorized all the English words?"

Following this, Gu Siwei thought of studying. In this regard, he was very much like a parent. He could turn anything into studying.

Sicui nodded confidently: "Okay, do you want to check it out?"

Gu Siwei felt that nothing would happen anyway, so he might as well find fault with his sister.